Event Reports

Building New Bridges - Trade Connections in a Changing World

KAS USA / RGIT New Year's Reception

The future of trade connections was a central topic during Hildegard Müller's visit to Washington, DC. The President of the German Association of the Automotive Industry and member of the Board of Directors of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung was the keynote speaker at our New Year's reception. Nearly 200 guests registered for the event, 'Building New Bridges - Trade Connections in a Changing World'.

Transatlantic Challenges and Friendship

Prof. Dr. Norbert Lammert and Dr. Gerhard Wahlers in Washington, DC

The focus of this year's visit to the U.S. of Prof. Dr. Norbert Lammert, KAS Chairman and former President of the German Bundestag, and Dr. Gerhard Wahlers, Deputy Secretary General of the Foundation, was on the state of transatlantic relations on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of NATO and the German-Jewish relationship.

Access to Innovation & Intellectual Property Rights in Global Health

KAS USA Dialog Program

In May 2024, Hermann Gröhe, Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU-Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag and Deputy Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, and Roland Göhde, Co-Founder & CEO of the Virchow Foundation for Global Health, visited Washington, D.C. The political dialog program focused on international health policy issues. They met members of Congress, representatives of the US government and international health experts.

Transatlantic Relations in Transition: New Impulses and Priorities for Cooperation

Dialogue program in Washington, DC, Austin and Houston, TX

In February 2024, four members of the German Bundestag visited Washington, Austin and Houston to exchange ideas with American stakeholders. The program focused on new avenues for cooperation in politics and business. (Report in German)

Innovation and Disruption in Emerging Technologies

Norbert Lammert and Gerhard Wahlers in Washington and San Francisco

The focus of this year's visit to the U.S. by Prof. Dr. Norbert Lammert, KAS Chairman and former President of the German Bundestag, and Dr. Gerhard Wahlers, Deputy Secretary General of the Foundation, was on challenges and solutions in dealing with artificial intelligence and in the global competition for investment and innovative companies.

World Health Summit Regional Meeting

Visiting Program in Washington, DC with the Members of Bundestag Hermann Gröhe and Dr. Georg Kippels

Hermann Gröhe, Vice Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, former Federal Minister of Health and Vice Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung visited Washington, DC on the occasion of the World Health Summit Regional Meeting. He was accompanied by fellow Bundestag Member Dr. Georg Kippels, Member of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development, the Health Committee, and the Subcommittee on Global Health.

Neues Büro der KAS in Washington eröffnet

Eine neue Heimat für die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in den USA: Mit einem Empfang hat das Auslandsbüro Washington seine neuen Räume eingeweiht.

Deutschland, Europäische Verteidigungsinitiativen und die NATO

Workshop der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Kooperation mit dem German Marshall Fund of the United States in Washington D.C.

Experten aus Europa diskutieren gemeinsam mit US-Außen- und Sicherheitsexperten aktuelle Herausforderungen der europäischen Sicherheitspolitik und die Zukunft transatlantischer Kooperation.

„Rights, Technology and Development“ – KAS-Büro USA beteiligt sich an der LJD Week 2019 der Weltbank

Die Law, Justice and Development Week 2019 der Weltbank fand vom 4. bis 7. November in Washington D.C. statt. Das diesjährige Thema lautete „Rights, Technology and Development“. Erstmalig hat sich das KAS-Büro USA in Kooperation mit der Weltbank an der internationalen Veranstaltung beteiligt.

KAS-VORSITZENDER PROF. DR. NORBERT LAMMERT IN WASHINGTON

MULTILATERALISMUS AM SCHEIDEWEG – CHANCEN UND VERANTWORTLICHKEITEN IN EINER NEUEN ÄRA DER GLOBALISIERUNG

In Washington und New York stehen die Auslandsbüros der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung unter neuer Leitung. In der Nachfolge von Nico Lange hat Paul Linnarz Anfang Mai das KAS-Büro in Washington übernommen. Andrea Ostheimer leitet ab August das KAS-Büro in New York. Sie beerbt Dr. Stefan Friedrich. Im Rahmen zweier Vortragsveranstaltungen hat der Vorstandsvorsitzende der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Bundestagspräsident a.D. Prof. Dr. Norbert Lammert, die beiden neuen Auslandsmitarbeiter in der vergangenen Woche offiziell vorgestellt.